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Science & Nature Topics
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| Adaptation of Species For writing about how living organisms adapt and change over time: selection, trait, color, compete, survive … Use with the 12K Main Dictionary or higher. created: February 8, 2010 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Albert Einstein For writing about the scientist Albert Einstein: theory, relativity, energy, physics, light, speed... created: Aug 31, 2005 author: Don Johnston Incorporated words: 700 use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
| Alexander Graham Bell For writing about Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone: idea, teacher, experiment, Volta Prize, patent, sound, curious, patient, skeptical... created: Feb 12, 2006 words: 881 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Animal Classification For writing about the scientific classification of animals: kingdom, species, phylum, color, mammal … Use with the 12K Main Dictionary or higher. created: January 14, 2010 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Antarctica Scientific terms and geographic names for writing about Antarctica: glacier, ice shelf, penguin, South Pole, center, ecosystem, Weddell Sea… created: May 6, 2009 words: 1100 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Aquarium Visit For writing about a visit to an aquarium: coral reef, clownfish, shark, ecosystem, sea otter, kelp forest... created: Sep 23, 2004 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Arctic Regions Scientific terms and geographic names for writing about the Arctic: Inuit, tundra, Nunavut, North Pole, permafrost, polar bear, narwhal, kilometer… created: October 6, 2009 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Astronomy 1 Basic words in astronomy: names of planets, stars, constellations, parts of the night sky ... cloud, comet, kilometer, dwarf planet... revised: Aug 28, 2006 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Astronomy 2 Advanced AND basic words for ancient and modern astronomy: cloud, comet ... formation, inertia ... nanometer, Messier catalog... revised: Aug 28, 2006 words: 1400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Cell Biology For writing about cell biology: ribosome, mitochondria, genetic code, behavior, chloroplast, mitosis, meiosis, Golgi apparatus, bacteria… created: February 6, 2009 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Charles Darwin For writing about Charles Darwin, the British naturalist and his theories on the origin of the species: evolution, Galapagos, science, adapt... revised: Dec 30, 2005 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Dinosaurs 1 basic Basic words for writing about dinosaurs: fossils, bones, reptile, plant-eater, T rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Velociraptor, armor, claw, lizard. revised: Oct 7, 2005 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
| Dinosaurs 2 advanced Basic AND advanced words, including over 200 dinosaur names, from Alamosaurus to Microceratops to Zephyrosaurus. revised: Oct 5, 2005 words: 1300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Earth Day For writing about Earth Day and the ways that we can help save our environment: conservation, recycling, renewable energy... revised: May 14, 2004 words: 600 author: DJI use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
| Earthquakes Words for writing about the causes and effects of earthquakes: epicenter, plate tectonics, destruction, rescue, Ring of Fire... created: Mar 12, 2002 words: 1000 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Electricity For writing about electricity and magnetism: circuit, resistance, attraction, electromagnet, charge, Thomas Edison... created: Dec 11, 2005 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Energy For writing about physics: kinetic energy, potential energy, Newtonian mechanics, entropy, conservation, behavior… Use with the 12K Main Dictionary or higher. created: October 6, 2009 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 12K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Environmental Issues For writing about environmental issues affecting our planet today: pollution, global warming, acid rain, endangered species… revised: January 3, 2008 words: 1300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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Galileo For writing about the scientist Galileo: astronomer, solar system, physics, telescope, center, orbit, de Medici, heretic… created: May 28, 2007 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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George W. Carver |
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Global Warming |
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Gorillas |
Grand Canyon |
| Gravity For writing about gravity: attraction, speed, acceleration, weight, kilometer, orbit, solar system, Newton, Einstein, space-time, distortion, relativity … created: March 9, 2010 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Green Plants |
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Human Body |
Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Names |
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Insects etc |
Jane Goodall |
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Light 1 |
Light 2 |
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Marie Curie |
Matter |
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Nutrition and Diet |
Rock Cycle |
| Scientific Method For writing about the scientific method: observation, experiment, endeavor, predict, falsify, reproduce, hypothesis, bias, theory … created: February 8, 2010 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
States of Matter For writing about states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, plasmas, boiling point, vapor pressure, mixture, phase, solution, ion, gas molecule … created: December 4, 2009 words: 300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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Space Science |
Swine Flu Pandemic |
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Thomas Edison |
Tsunamis & Tidal Waves |
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Volcanoes |
Weather 1
Basic words for writing about the weather: cold front, weather report, atmosphere, water vapor, humidity, thunderstorm… |
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| Weather 2
Advanced AND basic words about the weather: Doppler radar, tropopause, water vapor, lapse rate, altocumulus… |
Whales and Dolphins For writing about whales, dolphins, and porpoises: gray whale, orca, mammal, baleen, endangered species, factory boat, International Whaling Commission... revised: Feb 14, 2006 words: 879 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Wright Brothers For writing about the Wright Brothers, their invention of the first controlled, powered airplane, and the first flights in it. revised: Oct 14, 2005 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
Zoo Visit For writing about a visit to the zoo: tiger, elephant, monkey, conservation, enclosure, zookeeper, diet, behavior, carnivore… created: June 8, 2009 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |